Mattress-making machine.



C. M. ADAMS.

MATTRESS MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, I916.

1,242,303. Patented Oct. 9,1917.

CHARLES M. ADAMS, or BUCKHEAD; GEORGIA, ASSIGNOE BY DIRECT AND MESNE nssrennnnrs, or ONE-HALF TO JACOB 11.. HInscH, o ArrLnNrA, GnonGIA, AND QNE-HALFITO MozEs VAN GELDER, or CHIGAGO,:ILLIN,0IS.,

MATTRESS-MAKING lvmcnnvnj 1 To all whom itmay concern: I a Be it known that I, CHARLES- M. Anni/rs, a citizen of the United States ot America, and a resident of Buckhead, county of Fulton, andState of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mattress-h Iaking Machines, of which the following is a specification. Y r

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved mattress making ma.- chine having manually operated means for compressing the mattress material and forv holding it in its compressed state preparatory to slip-ping a casing ther'eover; to provide improvedmeans for readily raising and holding the compressed mattress material in convenient position to slip a casing or mattress cover thereover; and to provide an improved mattress making machine which is inexpensive in construction and simple in operation. I

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which 1 Figure 1 is a perspective view of the mag I chine with the upper clamping bars shown spaced above the table of the machine.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing how the compressed material is held when slipping the casing thereover.

Fig. 3 is a detail of the cam used in drawing the clamping bars together to compress the mattress material.

In the construction shown a table or support 1 is provided upon which mattress material may be placed during the forming and building up of the mattress. This support may be of suitable height and is held spaced above the floor by means of suitable legs 2.

Slats or binding members 3 are placed upon the supporting table 1 previous to placing the mattress filling material 4 thereon, and upper binding members 5 are placed upon the mattress material when the re quired quantity to make a mattress has been provided.

Compressing means for presslng the material into a compact form between the slats comprise upper clamping bars 6 and lower clamping bars 7. The bars 6 have pairs of links 8 pivotally connected thereto at the ends and hich support cams 9 for engag- Specificati-onof Letters Patent tablein-fslo-tslO. i a v In order thatcasings 11 may be easily drawn over the mattress material when compressed, the clampingv means are constructed to: be raised with the binding mem- Patented OchQ, 1 917. Application medium-12,1916 senaino. 193,172. i

the loivei' elamping bars 7. q The lower clamping bars? normally rest flush with the bers and material from the surface of the supporting table. I To this end the clamping bars- 7 are, supported on foot treadles 12 pivoted to thetable Land having pivotal connection with depending arms 13 secured to the lower clamping bars 7. The foot y treadles may be locked in their depressed position by means of gravity actuated pawls or bars 14. pivoted-to table 1 and having shoulders 15 adapted to engage .a notch in the respective treadles. r

In the operation ofthe device, a plurality of slats .3 are placed upon the supporting table and mattress ifilling material is placed thereon until the {desired weight of mattress is obtained. Other similar'slats 5 are then placed upon the mattress and the upper clamping bars 6 are placed. transversely upon the slats and the, ends of the lower bars 7 are slipped between the links 8 with the cams 9 in the position shown in Fig. 3.

The cams 9 are then moved to their Y clamping position shown in Fig. 2, thereby drawing the barstoward each other and tightly compressing the mattress material. One of the foot treadles 12 is then depressed sufiiciently to be locked by the shoulder 5 of the bar 14 engaging a notch and 5 may be removed. When not in use,

the upper clamping bars are stood to one side up against the wall.

It will be seen from the foregoing that this machine provides a speedy and eflicient method of making mattresses.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention is herein shown and described, it Will be understood that the coning a support, upper and lower sets of comparatively rigid laterally disposed binding members for receivlng mattress materlal between said sets, two or more sets of clampmg bars adapted to be transversely arranged I at intervals along said binding members so as to embrace the same, and means for drawing said clamping bars toward each other for causing said binding members to compress the mattress material whereby a covering may be placed thereover.

2. Aniattress making machine, comprising a support, a plurality of comparatively rigid laterally disposed binding members for receiving mattress material therebetween, two or more sets of clamping bars adapted to be transversely arranged at intervals along said binding membersso as to embrace the same, and means comprising links and cams carried by one clamping bar of each of said sets, and engaging the other bar of each of said sets for drawing said bars toward each other for causing said binding members to compress the mattress material whereby a covering may be placed thereover.

3. A mattress-making machine, comprising a support, binding members for receiving mattress material therebetween, clamping bars for embracing said binding members, means for drawing said clamping bars toward each other for compressing the mattress material, and means for raising the binding members and clamping bars for permitting a casing to be slippedover the mattress material while in its compressed state.

4:. A mattress-making machine, comprising a support, binding members for receiving mattress material therebetweem clamping bars for embracing said binding members, means for drawing said clamping bars toward each other for compressing the mattress material, and means for raising the binding members and clamping bars and comprising a foot treadle having operative engagement with said members and bars.

5. A mattress-making-machine, comprising a support, binding members for receiving mattress material therebetween, clamping bars for embracing said binding members, means for drawing said clamping-bars toward each other for compressing the mattress material, means for raisingthe binding members and clamping bars and comprising a foot 'treadle having operative engagement with said members and bars, and means for locking said members and bars 7 in their raised position.

Signed at Atlanta this 30th day of May,

C. M. ADAMS,

Witnesses: V

H. L. CAMPBELL,

S. WEISS.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, I). G. i 

